单词 | french honeysuckle |
释义 | > as lemmasFrench honeysuckle French honeysuckle n. the southern European and North African plant Hedysarum coronarium (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)), which has deep red fragrant flowers and is sometimes grown as a forage crop; also called sulla. ΚΠ 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole lxxix. 340 The red Sattin flower, although some foolishly call it, the red or French Honysuckle. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxv. 369 French Honeysuckle, which is distinguished..by its jointed, prickly, naked, straight legumes. 1838 D. Low Elements Pract. Agric. (ed. 2) 416 Allied to sainfoin, is French Honeysuckle, Hedysarum coronarium. This is a perennial plant; but when cultivated in this country, it becomes biennial. 1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 119 French Honeysuckle. This is a very fine plant with glaucous foliage and dense spikes of fragrant, deep red flowers. < as lemmas |
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